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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Good advice: One teammate told him encouragingly: “Nobody minds if you ask a question, just as long as you’ve researched it enough and clearly put in the effort to find the answer on your own.” Showstopper: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT by G. Pascal Zachary

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Congressman Elihu B. Washburne wrote this in a letter to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War Vicksburg campaign in May 1863.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

"Those two words which the writer set together have produced an effect which will never die, as long as [people] can read with understanding." - Shelby Foote, The Correspondence of Shelby Foote and Walker Percy

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Do you see that crescent at the far right of the image? That’s US! The larger crescent in the middle is the moon, and the left is the Artemis II mission spacecraft.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

US Grant handled his own business.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I’ve always loved this Star Wars comic cover by Dave Dorman, from Dark Empire 4, June 1992.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I agree with Shelby Foote. He was the author of a massive history of the Civil War and one of the “stars” of Ken Burns’ brilliant documentary.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

“Will the future be more secure? It'll be just as insecure as it possibly can, while still continuing to function. Just like it is today.” -Marcus Ranum, 2007, as cited by TaoSecurity Blog, 2007, and repeated in The Best of TaoSecurity Blog Volume 3, 2020.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Love the game and book, but I noticed you misspelled Istvan Pely as “Pley” in the Library of Congress data.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Will the fact that China has an independent Cyber Force (as of 2024 apparently) finally force the US to implement its own independent Cyber Force? This pic is from the WSJ, from the parade in Beijing.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The 3323 km long border between India and Pakistan is visible at night from space, due to the 150,000 flood lights installed by India. Source: Hydaspes 326 BC: The Limit of Alexander the Great’s Conquests, Nic Fields, Marco Capparoni, Osprey, 2023.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I’m so happy this show is back with a new season 3! It’s been fifteen years since the last new episode. “Welcome to Earth, population zero.” 😂 www.history.com/shows/life-a...

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Happy birthday Ulysses S Grant, born this day in 1822 as Hiram Ulysses Grant. He adopted the name US Grant because his Congressional rep provided incorrect info to West Point. His classmates saw US on his paperwork and nicknamed him Sam, from Uncle Sam.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Happy birthday TaoSecurity Blog, born on this day in 2003!The best way to digest the key lessons from the site is to browse my four volume Best of TaoSecurity Blog book series. amzn.to/4h6Lqlb #ad Each is a theme-centric collection of posts w/new commentary for each entry. taosecurity.blogspot.com

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I love how the covers of the original Star Wars movie adaptation played loose and fast with the actual plot. This is issue 6, wrapping up the movie.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

How about that? 1111 straight days reading in the Kindle, which is a little more than 3 years. I’d have over 6 years if not for some Kindle snafu 1111 days ago that caused me to have to start my streak again. 😆

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

My @nhlbruins played their first game 100 years ago today. Here’s to another 100 years!

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

Here’s a quote from one of Thomas Rid’s books for your Sunday enjoyment.

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Richard Bejtlich @taosecurity.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

Congrats to the Internet Protocol Journal on 25 yrs of outstanding, free networking info. I sub'd in 1998 when I was a captain in the AFCERT trying to learn TCP/IP. I haven't been disappointed. I recommend Geoff Huston's 25-year retrospective on the Internet in the June issue. protocoljournal.org

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